Chance find by unknown at Talbot and Leith pit, Braintree, pre-1968 - EEX63523

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Grid reference	TL 7598 2699 (point) Generic location for area - exact NGR not known.
Map sheet	TL72NE

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Date

31 Dec 1968 - 31 Dec 1968 pre

Description

A Palaeolithic handaxe, a core and 2 flakes were found at Talbot Pit and Leith Pit. The finds are in Passmore Edwards Museum and Colchester Museum.

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<1> SEX6137 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. p.57.

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EHER 82850 Palaeolithic handaxe, core, and flakes at Talbot and Leith pit (Find Spot)

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